William Alexander.Portrait of a Mandarin / WA.Portrait of a man; seated half-length slightly turned to right; wearing black-brimmed cap with red top; moustache and his hair plaited and holding a fan with his left hand. Signed with initials at bottom left and pasted on mount with washlines. Described as 鈥楶ortrait of a well-looking Chinese'.1 drawing: watercolour; ink and graphite ; sheet 21.3 x 16.5 cm; on support 26.6 x 21.8 cm.1793.From: William Alexander; [A collection of eighty views; maps; portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George; Earl of Macartney; in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander; some by Sir John Barrow; Bart. some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish; and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy; published in 1797.].Maps 8 TAB. c. 8.53.London; British Library.